In my spare (ha ha) time, I really need to sit down and compile a list of videos for classroom use, especially in biological psychology. So many new ones are popping up each day. I think the days of publishers providing a DVD of video clips along with textbooks are soon Read more…
An AP story published today repeats what many of us in science, but probably few outside, already knew about our drinking water—it’s full of pharmaceuticals. Among the lovely things permeating our aquifers are hormones, pain relievers, anti-anxiety drugs, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers, antibiotics….the list is long. Typical water treatment does not Read more…
A new decision by the U.S. government to compensate a family who claim their daughter’s autism resulted from typical childhood vaccinations has reopened a hypothesis most of us thought had closed. In spite of many scientific studies to the contrary, many people continue to believe that thimerosal, a preservative used Read more…
The reality of a machine that can mind-read just became a bit closer. Previous work with fMRI has allowed researchers to predict what a participant was looking at in very broad strokes, such as faces versus landscapes. Now, however, a UC Berkeley team can predict what a person is looking Read more…
While perusing my Sunday paper, I came across Marilyn Vos Savant’s column in the Parade magazine. Normally, I don’t take issue with things written by the person who has the Guinness record for highest IQ. My IQ is respectable for my profession, but it is not in the lofty heights Read more…